Good morning SHs,
Yes another early start as the courier said the kitchen appliances could be delivered as early as 6:30. I now have a text message from them saying they’ll be here between 11-1. But I’ve had several cups of tea and have a batch or orange-cranberry-almond bread proving.
Yesterday I boxed up a lot of my kitchenalia, thinking I won’t need it until I move. No sooner had I packed all the baking tins and trays than I had an overwhelming need to bake! I had realised that the new oven goes in Tuesday so this is my last chance. I’ve decided to make some breads today so that I have a freezer stash to see me through the next few weeks. Once the fruit loaf is done I’ll make two normal grainy breads for everyday use. That should use up all the yeast I have stored in the freezer!
Thin, you have probably finished your mungbean-spinach soup by now. For when you make it again, I have worked out the calories for you.
The recipe made exactly as described by Cinque, as a soup makes about 2.75 litres (11 cups) each cup of soup is 134 calories (563kj).
Nutrition per cup: 2.3g fat, 7.8g protein, 14.4g carb, 7.1g fibre
If you make the recipe as a stew (as I did) with just 500ml of stock then it makes 7 cups, with each cup of stew 207cal (870kj).
On my last FD I had a cup of the stew plus roast pumpkin (207+140cal).
I have frozen my stew in 1.25 cup quantities (about 260cal) which I planned to use on FDs by adding either some low cal veg as a meal, or a cup of broth as a soup.
Penguin, I hadn’t heard about putting a grated pear into the sourdough starter, although I have seen a recipe that adds pineapple juice. When I tried making a starter I covered my jar of starter with a piece of open weave muslin – I figured it would keep out dust but not the wild yeasts. It does look like you can keep a mature starter in the fridge and just pull it out weekly and feed it then bake bread the next day. The trouble is my bread baking is erratic and it’s not unusual for me to go 5-6 weeks between bakes.
PS- The shortbread might be gone, but if you want to keep those 7 pounds off you’ll need to stay away from the stash of mince pies in the freezer.
Cinque, glad to hear the freezer clean out is still going strong. I plan to do more eating than cooking in the next few weeks.
My pantry supplies had gotten to the point where I had to take over one of the big kitchen drawers as well. I have made enough progress with the pantry items that I was able to move all of the things in the drawer back into the pantry cupboard last night. It’s mostly legumes that I’ve used up – hence the extra meals in my freezer that I plan to start eating over the next few weeks.
I’m having a non-painting day today. I’m removing rails and shelves from the bathroom, ready for sanding and painting the walls. I’m also trying to get the tiles off the kitchen wall where the new cabinets are going. Why is it that some come off easily and others hang on for dear life and come of in chips that are sharp and cut your fingers – yes I already have a bandaid on and I’ve only gotten 6 tiles off so far!
Hope you are all having a good morning. Good luck to the fasters.
11:35 pm
1 Feb 18